HRD Ministry orders framing of fresh regulations for non-teaching staff
Deccan Herald, January 21, 2018
Deccan Herald, January 21, 2018
The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has begun a move to frame fresh regulations for the appointment and promotion of the University registrars and other non-teaching employees
Parliament panel for statutory status to NCVT
ZEEBiz, January 08, 2018
ZEEBiz, January 08, 2018
A parliamentary panel has recommended to accord statutory powers to the National Council for vocational training so that it could play the role of a regulator for skill education, on the lines of bodies like the UGC and the AICTE.
Economic reforms will bear fruit in 2018
The Economic Times, January 08, 2018
The Economic Times, January 08, 2018
2018 will be the year when the three structural reforms of 2017—bank recapitalisation, insolvency resolution and the goods and services tax (GST)—will bear fruit.
COOPERATIVE FEDERALISM
- Centre to merge 3 flagship education schemes, defers 2018-19 fund approval meetings
The Hindustan Times, January 25, 2018 - Cooperative federalism and centre’s promises
The New Indian Express, January 22, 2018 - NITI Aayog offers course on sustainable urban planning
The Hindu Businessline, January 17, 2018 - Six months later: taking stock
Livemint, January 16, 2018
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS
- Supreme Court, High Court Judges Get Over Two-fold Salary Hike
India.com, January 31, 2018 - Labour ministry bats for contract jobs in push for employment generation
Livemint, January 26, 2018 - Government to start releasing quarterly employment figures from September
The Economic Times, January 23, 2018 - Medical Education Reform: Cure & Its Cost
Business Today, January 09, 2018
RURAL ECONOMY
- Why a GST-type council is needed to push agriculture
The Financial Express, January 31, 2018 - Emphasis on women farmers for rural transformation
The Economic Times, January 29, 2018 - The state of education in rural India
Livemint, January 26, 2018 - Another ‘UPA scheme’ may be re-christened
The Times of India, January 19, 2018
EDUCATION REFORMS
- No Funds, No Policy, Few Teachers
News18, January 31, 2018 - Be passionate about teaching or face replacement
The Times of India, January 25, 2018 - India’s education system is like an emperor without clothes
The Hindustan Times, January 21, 2018 - Education Policy needs an indigenous base
The New Indian Express, January 20, 2018 - Transparent marking
The Indian Express, January 19, 2018 - What ails India’s higher education establishment
The Hindustan Times, January 12, 2018
JOBS & SKILLS
- Skill development to get leg-up
The Hindu, January 31, 2018 - Time for India to build skills via enabling education infra
Business Standard, January 19, 2018 - Need of the hour: a skill development legislation
The Hindu Businessline, January 15, 2018 - Skill councils set to create sourcing companies to absorb trained manpower
The Economic Times, January, 11, 2018
ECONOMIC REFORMS
- Agriculture is redefining India’s Economic Growth
Businessworld, January 30, 2018 - Fiscal governance is the key
The Hindu Businessline, January 29, 2018 - Quality job opportunities for youth key to India’s growth
The Times of India, January 25, 2018 - Indian economy in exciting transition
The Pioneer, January 14, 2018 - What India’s export performance tells us about job creation in the economy
Livemint, January 02, 2018
